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From Friday, May 5 to Sunday, May 7, the Spanish Cup of Flying Dutchman was celebrated in Altea. With fewer boats than normally, a total of 6 were ready to race some sleeves that were fun but very demanding.

The first day the wind was low with an intensity of about 6-7 knots that were a challenge for the sailors. It was the pair formed by Jose Sánchez and Carlos Gastaldi (ESP90) who took the lead at the end of the day after making two first places and a third. The ESP66 of the Enriques Egea also curdled a great performance with two second places and a fourth. The crew formed by Ginés Romero and Javier Cayuela (ESP6) was placed in second place with a first place in the first round.

Saturday was very hard with winds of up to 16 knots and waves that made the boats fly but the sailors had to give everything to squeeze their boats to the maximum. The big winners of the day were Juan Egea and Jerry Vinkestein (ESP-1), who won two races and were second in another. Meritorious was also the performance of the debutant as skipper Pablo Egea with his brother Guzmán as crew (ESP11) who got a second place after leading the sleeve a part of it. The ESP6 after winning the last round was provisional leader and left everything to say on Sunday.

Sunday dawned raining and promised little margin to decide a race that was very tight. Only one leg could be contested with very low winds of about 4 knots. After a rough start the ESP90 managed to win after beating the ESP66 by the minimum and thus managed to win the sleeve. The ESP-11 took third place.  This gave the title to the ESP90 in a deserved and very meritorious way after overcoming Saturday’s results.

The final classification was as follows:

1. ESP90 Jose Sánchez and Carlos Gastaldi
2. ESP6 Ginés Romero and Javier Cayuela
3. ESP1 Juan Egea and Jerry Vinkestein

As always, many thanks to the Nautical Club of Altea for the organization and to the beacons and regatta director for their excellent work.

The spanish FD fleet will meet again in Torrevieja for the regional championship and then in Altea for the Yuasa cup before leaving for Poland for the world championship.

FINAL STANDINGS

Written by Guzmán Egea ESP11

The Euroflying Cup 2023 started last Thursday, March 16 in the waters of the bay of Altea. This international event that has more than 20 years of history brings together every year the best specialists of the Flying Dutchman light sailing class.

The test is organized by the Spanish Association of Flying Dutchman, the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation, the Sailing Federation of the Valencian Community and the Nautical Club of Altea. The regatta also has the support of the Comunitat de l’Esport project of the  Generalitat Valenciana, a program for the Promotion of Sports Activity.

For the three days of regatta a total of 9 races were scheduled, but due to the low wind only 4 tests have been completed, enough to erect this year’s winners. The wind has blown during the three days with intensities of between 5 and 6 knots, allowing two sleeves on Thursday and two on Friday.

The wind made it more complicated for the Race Committee on Saturday. The scarcity and the continuous wind roles left the day blank.

The sailors of the Real Club Náutico de Torrevieja, Francisco José Martínez and Jose Luis Ruiz, have positioned themselves throughout the race at the head of the classification, leaving impeccable results, four first in the four races disputed. The couple from Torrevieja has thus been proclaimed champions of this edition of the Euroflying Cup 2023.

His clubmates, Ginés Romero and Álvaro Moreno, followed them in the classification obtaining silver with two seconds as best partials. The third position was for a crew of the Club Náutico de Altea, formed by Marco Sevila and Roberto Sevila, father and son.

At 4:00 p.m. the trophy ceremony took place in the skipper room of the Club Náutico de Altea. The Bon Vent restaurant  offered attendees a sweet snack and drinks. The event was attended; Eduardo Revert, member of the Sailing Federation of  the Valencian Community,  Enrique Egea, secretary of the Flying Dutcham class  and José Rius, vice president of CN Altea.

Thus ends this first regatta that inaugurates the European circuit of the Flying Dutchman class. After this test in Altea the circuit will travel to ports in Italy, Austria, Germany and Croatia, where the fight between the best sailors of the Flying Dutchman class to win the European title will continue.

Results: clasdia2